I love folding bikes for a couple of reasons.  The first is that they’re great for traveling.  Compact enough to store in a suitcase, these bikes are the perfect way for cyclists to avoid expensive cargo charges on airplanes.  The second reason is that commuters or urban residents don’t have to leave these bikes on the street.  Instead of worrying about chaining down all your components, it takes just a few seconds to collapse a folding bike and tuck it

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We used the Downtube bikes for a recent cycling trip around Italy. The bikes performed great for this 200+ mile tour, which included paved roads, gravel roads, and cobblestone streets! We packed them in standard-sized suitcases (so we didn’t pay any extra to take them with us). And the coolest thing? They pack into a standard size suitcase, so there is no “bike surcharge” of $70 or more charged by the airline. See pix below. The 20″ FS (full suspension) model is pictured here. More pictures are on our Flickr page . share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend

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Folding bikes are a great niche for those who do multi-modal transport, such as combining bike/bus or bike/train trips. They’re also great for those who travel a lot by airplane and want to take a bike along, without paying baggage fees. We did a two-week long cycle trip in Italy on folding bikes recently, and we had a lot of fun! And the bikes were easy to take on the train with us to get from one place to the

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